***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[zalbard]

other is missing

Good find, out he goes.

[AKHandyman]

With the SATA 6G Marvell controller recently going TANGO UNIFORM on my R3E, I desperately wanted to RMA this poor 'ole boy. I was afraid because I had heard that sometimes dealing with ASUS could be a nightmare.

Thankfully, when I bought my R3E board, I got the VIP membership. I guess the perks of buying $400 motherboard.

I should have the new board cross-shipped from Fremont, CA real soon. I was told by the wide-eyed gent, Mark, that the new boards have a far better Marvell controller onboard. I do hope so ... I don't like being without for very long ...

to ASUS though, very nice guy, that Mark. And the process so far has not been what I imagined it to be. Whoo!

[Mungri]

Oh, you get better RMA service on ROG boards?

Too bad that mine wont break lol.

[donmarkoni]

Utlity - sad, cause i dont using sidebar...

Not using sidebar either, don't like it. Just run AIDA64 and use OSD.

Brama, Donmarkoni, thesaucier - thanks for the info on the memory voltage.

I'm making a run in LinX now 5.022GHz. About 3 hours remaining.

No proble, you're welcome. Looking forward to your second run.

donmarkoni,

Phase change is not that expensive. I got mine for less than $700 including shipping from Taiwan to California.

Yeah, I know, but it's still about 3/4 of my monthly paycheck. Low standard here.

hi guys!!! i'm new on a Rampage III Extreme.... i'd like to know ... should i enable qpi pll!? and what is that? (never had an intel mainboard before, i had amd mains for the past 7 years , wth, was time to change :P)

You mean QPI LLC, right? It is load line calibration for VTT (QPI/DRAM) voltage and you should enable it, cause it sets voltage just right as you set in BIOS, no vdroop.

[p3gaz_001]

[bassplayer]

hi guys!!! i'm new on a Rampage III Extreme.... i'd like to know ... should i enable qpi pll!? and what is that? (never had an intel mainboard before, i had amd mains for the past 7 years , wth, was time to change :P)

They finally added QPI PLL?!?! I was asking for that for sooooooo long

I ended up selling mine and picking up a UD9 because the RIIIE just couldn't push BCLK at all without slowmode. QPI PLL will help that.

[x-built-Stan]

hi guys!!! i'm new on a Rampage III Extreme.... i'd like to know ... should i enable qpi pll!? and what is that? (never had an intel mainboard before, i had amd mains for the past 7 years , wth, was time to change :P)

Donmarkoni is right - enable the Line load calibration to full you won't get too far overclocking without it. The vdroop will make the whole process pretty frustrating.

You should also set the LL SW on the motherboard to get hardware load line calibration.

[p3gaz_001]

You mean QPI LLC, right? It is load line calibration for VTT (QPI/DRAM) voltage and you should enable it, cause it sets voltage just right as you set in BIOS, no vdroop.

yes sorry , i meant QPI_LLC jumper on the mainboard as shown in this pic ....

They finally added QPI PLL?!?! I was asking for that for sooooooo long

I ended up selling mine and picking up a UD9 because the RIIIE just couldn't push BCLK at all without slowmode. QPI PLL will help that.

wasn't that allready on intel mainboards?

Donmarkoni is right - enable the Line load calibration to full you won't get too far overclocking without it. The vdroop will make the whole process pretty frustrating.

You should also set the LL SW on the motherboard to get hardware load line calibration.

ok that's nice to know , i'll enable the jumper

[p3gaz_001]

and .... what are those two " EZ Plugs " on the mainboard ? should i connect power to theme? the same thing for those two 8 pins cpu power, wich should i connect? .... the user guide says that one is V1 and V2 for the second, i guess should i connet the V2 only, right? ...

i'm sorry for all this questions, but i need to know all about, is my first intel mainboard

[donmarkoni]

and .... what are those two " EZ Plugs " on the mainboard ? should i connect power to theme? the same thing for those two 8 pins cpu power, wich should i connect? .... the user guide says that one is V1 and V2 for the second, i guess should i connet the V2 only, right? ...

i'm sorry for all this questions, but i need to know, all about, is my first intel mainboard

EATX12V_1 is the first to plug, then EATX12V_2, if your PSU has two of those plugs.
EZPLUG_1 and EZPLUG_2 are optional, if you are running two, three, or four graphic cards.

[p3gaz_001]

EATX12V_1 is the first to plug, then EATX12V_2, if your PSU has two of those plugs.
EZPLUG_1 and EZPLUG_2 are optional, if you are running two, three, or four graphic cards.

yes, my psu has two 8pins cpu connectors, is an enermax 85+ 1250w ... so you suggest me to connect the two?

[donmarkoni]

yes, my psu has two 8pins cpu connectors, is an enermax 85+ 1250w ... so you suggest me to connect the two?

I would.
Although, some people reported having problems with two plugs connected. I have 8+4 connected and running fine from the first day.

[p3gaz_001]

ok.... thank you very much for the advice i'll try by connecting the two 8 pins and try as you did, 8 + 4 .... ehehhe ...

[x-built-Stan]

Has anyone noticed that their CPU tempertures are not showing up in CPU-Z hardware (V1.17.0 Driver version 135)? Mine did at one time. AThe temp sensors must be fine because all cores show up in Real Temp GT 3.60

[x-built-Stan]

I would.
Although, some people reported having problems with two plugs connected. I have 8+4 connected and running fine from the first day.

I also have the 8 and 4 connected with plenty of power. Ca ot running multiple vid cards yet - sot the PCI-E is not loaded. Eventually I'll get to 4 580s in SLI.

[hodgy1971]

Oh, you get better RMA service on ROG boards?

Too bad that mine wont break lol.

lol i do agree. I have tried pretty hard to break it to!

[x-built-Stan]

Finally made it LinX stable - 5.0022GHz

Submission is in

[cartago2202]

can someone tell me what BIOS is for Bloomfield the best?

[zoson]

Has anyone noticed that their CPU tempertures are not showing up in CPU-Z hardware (V1.17.0 Driver version 135)? Mine did at one time. AThe temp sensors must be fine because all cores show up in Real Temp GT 3.60

I downloaded the latest hwmonitor free and it seems to show 6 cores. Some of the voltages seem to be mislabeled though. No Idea what it thinks CPU PLL is, but IOH PCIE +1.5V is probably CPU PLL.



I've never had something read my GTX275 VIN's before, I wonder why they're running at different voltages. Both are EVGA GTX275 Superclocked, and they don't throttle down either(I use evga precision to force them to full speed all the time).

OPT1 temp: Ambient
OPT2 temp: Coolant
OPT3 temp: Exhaust

[p3gaz_001]

why on windows cpu-z says that (i'm at default speed) i've got 22.000v on cpu? O_o

[x-built-Stan]

why on windows cpu-z says that (i'm at default speed) i've got 22.000v on cpu? O_o

22V vCore at 1.6GHz - dude you got robbed

That has got to be the worst mistake I've seen yet.

[Mekar]

why on windows cpu-z says that (i'm at default speed) i've got 22.000v on cpu? O_o

Try this one.http://www.cpuid.com/medias/files/so...viewer_Kit.zip

[p3gaz_001]

Try this one.http://www.cpuid.com/medias/files/so...viewer_Kit.zip

it works!!

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is it normal that my RIIIE as already the latest bios installed?! i've bought it as new ...

[Sk4l]

Hi all my new R3X just arrived and i have some very first questions.



1.About the fan controlling , i noticed that all FAN headers are 4pin, my HAF-X's fans and my NH-D14's fans are all 3 pin , so how can i let the motherboard automatically adjust the fan speed according to temps (Q-FAN) ????

Is there a way through bios to change the way the mobo controls the fans (instead of PWM to switch to classic 3pin control process?)

Otherwise the only way is a fan controller or maybe adapters 4pinPWM to 3pin?

2. I also would like to know which bios is the best for i7 OC. I always download the latest official version but if your experience is different ..be my guest

[x-built-Stan]

Hi all my new R3X just arrived and i have some very first questions.



1.About the fan controlling , i noticed that all FAN headers are 4pin, my HAF-X's fans and my NH-D14's fans are all 3 pin , so how can i let the motherboard automatically adjust the fan speed according to temps (Q-FAN) ????

Is there a way through bios to change the way the mobo controls the fans (instead of PWM to switch to classic 3pin control process?)

Otherwise the only way is a fan controller or maybe adapters 4pinPWM to 3pin?

2. I also would like to know which bios is the best for i7 OC. I always download the latest official version but if your experience is different ..be my guest

I'm running BIOS 0095 with a 980X. THe BIOS work very well so far. If you are running a 980X recommend staying away from 1102 (production). I have some issues with it reportingthe CPU temp incorrectly. Production 1005 were good though.